How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the
language or culture, we must choose from a range of options: full
name ('Robert Smith'), reduced name ('Bob'), description ('tall
guy'), kin term ('my son') etc. Our choices reflect how we know
that person in context, and allow us to take a particular
perspective on them. This book brings together a team of leading
linguists, sociologists and anthropologists to show that there is
more to person reference than meets the eye. Drawing on
video-recorded, everyday interactions in nine languages, it
examines the fascinating ways in which we exploit person reference
for social and cultural purposes, and reveals the underlying
principles of person reference across cultures from the Americas to
Asia to the South Pacific. Combining rich ethnographic detail with
cross-linguistic generalizations, it will be welcomed by
researchers and graduate students interested in the relationship
between language and culture.
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